A Turkish Prosecutor decrees that you can make a threat of sexual assault against women critical of government…
Prosecutor deems sexual assault threats against women critical of Turkish gov’t ‘criticism’ Duvar English CHP
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EFD Rights Watch: Seemingly Revenge justice against Canan Kaftancıoğlu… A “virtual opera” about Osman Kavala and his snails in prison…
Osman Kavala, supporter of culture, human rights champion and bridge-builder, is approaching 1000 days
EFD Rights Watch: Police ends bar heads’ Defense March… #SavunmaDurdurulamaz
Police prevent bar heads from entering Ankara to end their Defense March, brawl erupts Bar associations
As HDP’s Democracy March begins under heavy police presence, detentions, Turkey bombs PKK in northern Iraq…
HDP’s Democracy March begins under heavy police presence, detentions Kurdish issue-focused Peoples’ Democratic Party (HDP) began
Even Pandemic is not an obstacle for a crackdown on oppositional figures and the pro-Kurdish party. A roundup:
Taylan Kulaçoğlu Arrested Bianet :: English Released from detention by the court following his deposition at
Some Islamists love to hate resilient women. Three of them (@bernalacin35 @nevsinmengu @Canan_Kaftanci) were -again- targeted this week…
From left to right: Canan Kaftancıoğlu (born 3 February 1972) is a Turkish physician and politician.
“‘6,000 People from HDP Arrested Since 2015’
HDP REPORT RIGHTS VIOLATIONS: ‘6,000 People from HDP Arrested Since 2015’ Bianet :: English HDP
After public uproar, imprisoned HDP leader Demirtaş is referred to hospital…
Demirtaş Remained Unconscious ‘For a Long Time’ but Still Kept in Prison Bianet :: English The
From 2015 to 2019. Disappearance of a historical site, Sur in Diyarbakır
via After the heavy fightings in the summer of 2015, Diyarbakır’s From Wikipedia: 2015 conflict
With the latest mayor arrests, millions of citizens are left unrepresented – and not a big deal for the nationalist alliance…
Turkey dismisses four Kurdish mayors on terror charges | Ahval Turkey’s Interior Ministry on Monday
A Crisis Group report: “Assessing the Fatalities in Turkey’s PKK Conflict [and a roundup]
Assessing the Fatalities in Turkey’s PKK Conflict Crisis Group – Oct 21, 3:00 PM Turkey’s ruling
The Letter. Trump could actually be arrested in Turkey for insulting the president…
Turkey Rejects U.S. Call for Immediate Cease-Fire in Syria Wall Street Journal – David Gauthier-Villars –
US Sanctions raining on Turkey. Though I am not sure how effective they will be…
Turkish Bank Charged In Manhattan Federal Court For Its Participation In A Multibillion-Dollar Iranian Sanctions
Roundup: Turkish army advances… 100,000 flee homes… Jihadists kill a Kurdish politician…
Turkey Syria offensive: 100,000 flee homes as assault continues BBC News | Europe | World
The 3rd Day in the “Operation Peace Spring”- Internet blockages are reported in Southern Turkey; 121 detained for critical remarks on social media…
via Confirmed: Twitter, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram restricted in parts of southern #Turkey; real-time network